Saint Jacques Fermin

Memorial

• 2 July

Profile

Joined the Jesuits in 1646. Priest. Missionary in Canada, working with the Onodaga, Cayuhoga and Mohawk. Established a mission on Isle La Motte in present day Vermont. Believed to have brought as many as 10,000 locals to Christianity.

Born

• 12 March 1628 at Rheims, France

Died

• 2 July 1691 in Quebec, Canada

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Jacques Fermin”. Saints.SQPN.com. June 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-jacques-fermin/>